"It looks dangerous, but it's not dangerous," Barcelona coach Hansi Flick said of his side's high defensive line as it became one of the major talking points in world football. Flick was speaking ...

He has shown a willingness to fully adapt to Hansi Flick’s high defensive line — a department in which Barcelona are genuinely one of a kind under their German head coach.

Sure, Barcelona's famed high line was their ultimate undoing in the Champions League semifinal, but it has won them on the brink of a domestic clean sweep at the expense of their sworn enemies.

17-year-old centre back Pau Cubarsi made his eighth successive start in all competitions, with the teenager starting 11 out of 12 in La Liga, and he impressed as part of a high defensive line. Pau ...

But looking beyond the results suggests that there is little reason for concern. Barcelona generated more high-quality scoring chances in both of those defeats than they did in a 4-0 win away at ...

Why they won't win the Champions League: Their high line gets pierced It's a pretty straightforward gamble that Hansi Flick has taken since taking the Barcelona job last summer.

The Champions League returns on Tuesday evening, and the first game of the week sees Benfica travel to Barcelona hoping to cause a major upset in their Round of 16 clash.

FC Barcelona head coach Hansi Flick will make two key changes for a La Liga match that has become must win for the Catalans against Deportivo Alaves on Sunday afternoon.